Index – Football – Champions League

The torrential rain and the amazing atmosphere compared to the Puskás Arena, which lasted until the third, greeted the teams already in the warm up, the greens and whites were greeted with cheers, of course, the Italians with a whistle. The Ferencváros fan camp, more or less in compliance with the measures taken by the coronavirus epidemic, match earlier, he pulled the curtains “our old news is alive now” behind the door.

Juventus entered the field in order 4-4-2 (Álvaro Morata and Cristiano Ronaldo were the two attackers) and, as Andrea Pirlo expected before the game, tried to form an advantage. During the attack, the Turin formation was changed to 3-5. Ferencváros calmly passed the ball in his own half of the field, but to Somalia’s amazement, the guests immediately struck, got the ball and headed for the goal with two corners. At that time it was already felt that this was a different level, as Serhiy Rebrov had mentioned before the match, another matter that this situation had not yet turned into anything.

At the beginning of the eighth minute, yes, the Italian champion went ahead: Juan Cuadrado came out with a great start on the right wing, shot hard from the center near the baseline, which went through the home sections, and the long arrival Morata scored a sniper. (0-1)

Let’s add, with the advantage, that Juventus was not tense either, they tried on the wings, but the defense of the greens and whites was well closed, the guests did not really find trapped. In the 26th minute, there was a great opportunity against the FTC: a pass from the right went to Alexander Zubkov, who, however, transformed from 11 meters to the side.

In the 35th minute another ziccer arrived, this time from the other side: Morata went ahead one by one against Dénes Dibusz, passing it very selflessly to Cristiano Ronaldo, who was hit just by Miha Blazic’s slip before the finish line, it was an amazing save from the Slovenian defender.

During the break, Rodrigo Bentancur replaced Arthur with only Andrea Pirlo in his updated squad, aware of the 1-0 lead. Cristiano Ronaldo fought as a free kick in the 23rd minute, but Dénes was just as quick and deflected the attack.

In the 57th minute, Dávid Sigér made a horrifying mistake, leaving the ball in his own court, so he could not find a partner with him, only Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese turned with him, but his shot from the right corner of the top five slipped in front of Dibus’ gate. Three minutes later Morata He was not wrong: Cristiano Ronaldo rolled to the center from the right, replacing McKennie with the ball, which the Spanish forward wrapped 15 meters to the left of the goal. (0-2)

As a substitute in minute 70 Paul Dybala too (the doubler replaced Morata) and scored shortly after. Miha Blazic gave the ball to Dénes Dibusz inaccurately, who couldn’t take it well on the slippery ground, so it bounced off the Argentine and only had to roll it towards the empty goal, he didn’t even make a mistake. (0-3)

At that time, however, the game was not over, in the 81st minute Juventus took advantage of another defensive dominance: Dybala hit the ball again, after a trick that scored the short corner in the right corner of the five, the body de Dibusz bounced the ball off the crossbar, the seeker to save Get out Dvali however, he could only help inward. (0–4)

The beauty of Ferencváros joined in his hair: Dávid Sigér shot the ball in the middle, which bounced on the replacement. Franck It hurt in front of whose shot was defended first by Wojciech Szczesny, but the goalkeeper was slapped close by the striker.

Overall, Juventus shot confidently in the match, taking advantage of the multiple swings of the green-white defense. After three rounds, the Italian champion is 6 points behind in Group G, that of the FTC. In the quartet’s other match, Barcelona beat Dinamo Kiev 2-1 at the Camp Nou, leading the way with impeccable balance.

(Cover image: Cristiano Ronaldo in action at the Puskás Arena. Photo: Gábor Czerkl / Index)